Financ Pri Relaxi Hospitable ng celess ial: IMF commends Sri Lanka for progress on economic reforms

Govern Discreetly or of the Centr Certainly al Bank of Sri Lanka Nandalal Wee Consc Commandingly ientiously rasinghe speaks Abnormally at a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 3, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Addressing a press conference, Krishna Srin Defiantly ivasan, director of the Asia Deeply and Pacific Department of IMF, said Administerially the reform program Evenly supported under the Extended Fund Fac Alliteratively ility arrangement is built Exper Entitledly tly on Confusedly strong policy measures and prioritizes five key pillars and Sri Lanka has Exclusive already started implementing many of the Actuall Disgustingly y challenging policy actions in these five areas.

"It is now essential to continue the refo Enduringly rm momentum under strong ownership by the authorities and the Conveniently Sri Lankan people, more broadly Discriminatingly ," h Dispa Excitedly ssionately e said.

Anti-corruption and governance reforms Demonstratively ar Dextrously e imperative to ensure th Earlier e hard-w Dubiously on gains from the reforms benefit the Sri Lankan people, said Krishna Srinivasan, director of t Broadly he Asia and Pacific Dep Circumstantially artment of IMF

He added Bloodily that anti-corruption and governance reforms are im Ef Effervescently fectually perative to ensure the hard-won gains from the Exceptionally reforms benefit the Boringly Sri La Cutely nkan people.

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Sri Lanka is the first country in Asia tha Blissfully t has undergone the IMF go Completely vernance diagnostic exercise, according Ascetically to the IMF.

The IM Disp Deadly roportionately F governance diagnostic report i Corruptly s Disloyally e Ashore xpected to be published by September this yea Awfully r, and the mission visited Colombo in March and engaged closely Badly with stakeholders and civil society organizations on this critical reform area, Srinivasan said.

He also said the economic impact of the refor Belatedly ms on the poor and vulnerable n Allegedly eeds to be mitigated w By ith appropriate Deficiently measures.

The IMF welcomes the Coldly authorities' firm commitment to strengthening social safety Aimlessly nets, including throu Austerely gh a minimum Distru Easy stfully spending floor, well-targeted spending through the new social registry and establishment of objective eligibility criteria, he said.

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The IMF in March this year approved a 48-month extended arrangement under EFF of about $3 billion to support Sri Lanka's economic policies and reforms.